## Sifrei Devarim Paragraph 69

###### Sifrei Devarim 69:1
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(דברים יב יב) **וּשְׂמַחְתֶּם**, נֶאֶמְרָה כָּאן שִׂמְחָה וְנֶאֶמְרָה לְהַלָּן (דברים כז ז) שִׂמְחָה. מָה שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה לְהַלָּן שְׁלָמִים, אַף שִׂמְחָה הָאֲמוּרָה כָּאן שְׁלָמִים.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**Pisqa’ 69**⁶⁹
1. “And you shall *rejoice*” (Dt. 12:12)—
the term *rejoice* is mentioned here,
and the term *rejoice* is mentioned elsewhere (viz., Dt. 27:7).
Just as the *rejoicing* mentioned elsewhere
is [aroused by eating] the Communion-offering,
so, too, the *rejoicing* mentioned here
is [aroused by eating] the Communion-offering.

footnotes:
⁶⁹ H:122; JN1:202.


###### Sifrei Devarim 69:2
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**לִפְנֵי ה׳ אֱלֹהֵיכֶם** – בַּמְּחִיצָה.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
“Before HASHEM your God” (Dt. 12:12)—
in the partitioned area
[within Jerusalem’s walls, set aside for the consumption of
Lesser-Holy offerings].


###### Sifrei Devarim 69:3
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**אַתֶּם וּבְנֵיכֶם וּבְנוֹתֵיכֶם וְעַבְדֵיכֶם וְאַמְהֹתֵיכֶם**, חָבִיב חָבִיב קוֹדֵם.

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“You, your sons, your daughters, and your slaves, and your slave-girls” (Dt. 12:12)—**
**in [the listing of] these dependants, the most precious take precedence.**


###### Sifrei Devarim 69:4
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**וְהַלֵּוִי אֲשֶׁר בְּשַׁעֲרֵיכֶם**, כָּל מָקוֹם אַתָּה מוֹצֵא הַלֵּוִי הַזֶּה לוֹמַר תֵּן לוֹ מֵחֶלְקוֹ! **אֵין לוֹ חֵלֶק** – תֵּן לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי! אֵין לוֹ מַעְשַׂר עָנִי – תֵּן לוֹ שְׁלָמִים!

**Trans. by Marty Jaffee, 2015:**
**“And the *Levite* who is *within your gates*” (Dt. 12:12).**
**Anywhere you find this Levite**⁷⁰ 108.1.
**the instruction is: Give him his portion,**
**[the First-tithe (*ma`aser ri’shon*)].**
**If he can’t survive on his portion,**
**then sustain him from the Pauper’s-tithe (*ma`aser `oni;* Dt. 14:28-29).**
**If he can’t survive on the Pauper’s-tithe,**
**then sustain him from Communion-offerings (*shelamim*).**⁷¹ 74.2.

footnotes:
⁷⁰ viz., Dt. 12:12, 12:18, 14:27, 14:29. See also Pisqa’
⁷¹ Cf. Pisqa’